Voices of The Gambia on Human Rights

The Voices of The Gambia – we recently went out on the streets of The Gambia to film a series of vox pop interviews for Amnesty International Africa, talking to Gambian’s about their views on the human rights situation in their country today, in 2021.

Vox Pop interviews, The Gambia, West Africa. Footage by Jason Florio/Helen Jones-Florio (+voice-over by Helen Jones-Florio)

Gambians are going back to the polls this weekend, 4th December 2021. Since the departure of Yahya Jammeh in 2017, after 22 years of dictatorship, the human rights situation in The Gambia has improved.

Progress must continue (in The Gambia). Here are our 7-point human rights agenda we hope all candidates will commit to. Amnesty International Africa

A Human Rights Agenda for The Gambia

Footage by Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio for Amnesty International Africa

‘Gambia – victims, and resisters’

Portraits and testimonies from survivors of the former regime of Yahya Jammeh

#Portraits4PositiveChange

Current location: The Gambia, West Africa

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